A jury handed down a mixed verdict on Thursday for three former Memphis Police officers who were involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023. Two of the three officers were acquitted on civil rights charges stemming from Nichols death, but all three were convicted on charges of witness tampering.
Tadarrius Bean, Justin Smith and Demetrius Haley were all members of Memphis' since-disbanded SCORPION unit. They were part of a group of five officers who beat Nichols following a traffic stop in Jan. 2023. Nichols died of his injuries several days later. All five former officers involved face state charges of second-degree murder, though two officers not in court on Thursday have agreed to plead guilty.
